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Not the best intro to the Toadies

Jessica Lux | Rosamond, CA | 01/02/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Toadies' studio albums are far superior to this live album. Although the music comes together okay, the vocals seem very "off" and forced, unlike the magic of a well-rehearsed Todies disc. Their most famous song is "Possum Kingdom," and the radio version is far superior to the rendition on this album.



This does truly represent a "best of" the (unfortunately) very limited career of the Toadies. This is a must-have for fans, but if you are just getting into this band, try out one of their studio albums first."

Vaden Lewis (aka "Todd") has a cold

M. F. Lucas | Portland, OR | 11/03/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Toadies are one of my favorite bands. I'm from Dallas, so they're local; I was one of the people crying in the front row at their final concert. They put on absolutely amazing live shows--and this album really doesn't do them justice at all. Vaden Lewis, the lead singer/songwriter (he went by "Todd" in the Toadies), lost his voice and sounds pretty bad in this album. Of course, the guitar work, etc., is wonderful--these are great musicians. If you can put up with a grating voice and a few microphone and recording problems, it's an awesome album. But their studio albums, Rubberneck and Hell Below, Stars Above, are better--and so is the first album by Vaden's new group, the Burden Brothers."